Flower holder



- 0t.23,1945, ALSPOKUS Y 2,387,474

FLOWER HOLDER Filed sept.. 27, 1943 INVENTOR l ALBIN sPoKus-z y TTKORN'Y Patented Oct. 23, `1945 FLOWERJHOLDER A Albin John Spokus, Seattle, Wash.

` Application september 27, 1943, serial No. 503,932

(o1. 24-er 3 Claims.

` lThe present invention relates to a `flower holder more particularly, to a holder adapted to support single `flowers or corsages upon a persons wearing apparel.

Devices have been provided for holding flowers upon` a persons 1 clothes,` but such devices ordinarily serve their intended purpose inadequatel ly,` since they do notilrmly hold the flowers in thedesired positioning, or they do so in a manner thatis uncomfortable to the wearer with the wearers clothes often l being disarranged 4or. so

distorted as to produce an unattractive appear-` ance. I I

A further and common defect lies in the fac't that the flowers themselves are not properly or securely engaged and can become dislodged from the wearers clothes or disarranged in an unsight- "ly manner.

Having in mind the defects of the prior art, itis an object of my invention to provide a flower holder that, once locked, can only be disengaged when it is manually operated for that purpose.

Another object of my invention is to provide, in a flower holder of the type described, flower engaging means which rmly and securely grip the object being held in a manner to prevent dislodging, and without injury to the flowers.

A still further and more specic object of my invention is rthe provision, `in a flower holder of the` nature described,`of flower gripping means which are simple to construct and to operate and which willnot be affected by hard usage.

means that are disposed at an angle to each other, during times when flowers are being held.

In certain instances, a hinged door upon either of said Walls `serves to complete the inclosure about the owers being held and `also to support `decorative ornaments or the like. The movable wallof the holder is mountedupon the base plate ofthe clasp which is pivoted to the claspproper in a manner more fully described hereafter.`

The novel features that I consider charactermethod of operation, together with additional objects and advantages thereof, will best be under-` stood Afrom the following description of a specificembodment when read in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a viewin'perspective of my flower holder illustrating the manner in which it supports a co-rsage or similar flower arrangement,

I Figure 2 is a view in elevation of the flower holder, j

Figure 3 is a, of Figure l,

AFigure 4 is a vertical sectional view lines 4 4 of Figure 3, and i` Figure 5 is a vertical sectional view taken on lines 5--5 of Figure 3. A flower holder to overcome the defects hereinbefore enumerated must have at least two totally distinct characteristics; it must be capable of securely supporting and holding flowers upon wearing apparel; and, in use, it must be plan view of the flower holder taken on simple to operate for the rm engagement of the.

ilowers being held. Accordingly, a preferred embodiment of my invention, referring to the draw# ing, is constituted by a clasp plate I0 having pivotally mounted on its rear face the pin I2 which swings on pivotl pin I4 andis securedloy the keeper I6. As is customary with suchclasps, the pin I2 is inserted through the cloth and engaged in the keeper to retain the clasp II) upon the cloth. As shown in Figure 4 an extension plate I8 depends from the clasp body Ill and has an angularly disposed Wall 20 integral therewith. Extension I8 supports on its forward face a pair of flower impalingpins 22 Which stand out substantially parallel tothe Wall 2li.

On the back side of the clasp plate I0 is pivotally mounted, by means of the pin` 24, the plate 26 which'swings about the axis of the pin and in closed position lies directly under the plate I8. Angularly disposed on the plate 26 is the side wall 28 which has a cross-impaling pin or tine 30. Wall 28 has a slot 32 to permit the wall 28 to be swung from the position of Figure 2 to that of Figure 4, wherein the slot 32 permits the straddling of plate Ill. It will be noted that the pin 30 is, in the closed position, right angularly disposed with respect to the impaling pins 22.

The stem of a flower or of a corsage to be secured in the holder is rst impaled upon the pins 22 when cross-impaling pin 30 is disposed out of position as in Figure 4. The members 26, 28 and -30 are swung from the position of Figure 4 to that shown in Figures 2 and 3 whereupon the pin 30 pierces the stem of the flower or Corsage in Y the manner shown in Figure 3 and the latter is securely held in the holder as well as to any garment to which the holder is attached.

.Wall 20 .whereupon the plate 26 and wall 28 is garment; a ower stem impaling tine and a wall outstanding on said base; a plate pivotally attached to move scissors fashion with respect to said base plate and to lie in face to face relation therebehind; said second plate having a flange parallel to said wall when the plates are in the closed position in which position said wall and said flange form a channel; a cross-impaling tine on said flange to intersect the stem of a flower impaled upon said first mentioned impaling tine; and' means; between said wall'andv saidl llange to close the channel' thereormed and"` to latch said K tines in cross-impaling position.

swung to the position of Figure 4. This spreads' the two sets of impaling pins 22 and 30 apa-rtfinto, position to receive owers to be impaled. The

stems of the flowers are then laid parallelf to theA wall 20 and impaled upon the pins 22 in any de,- sired arrangement, whereupon the wall 28 and the cross-tine or pin 30 carried thereby is swung' back.. toward theH previously impaled stems to cross'impale the. same. The door 36 is reengagecll aspreviously. The device may then be secured by" `In either instance the device operates. equally well.'

Although I have shown and` described' certain' speciflc embodiments of my invention, I am fully vaware that many. modifications thereof are possible.

I claim: l. A flowerl holder, comprising;` a; base plate.

having, meansl forattachmentt of the same to. a 35H,

2. A flower holder, comprising: a base having means= for attachment of the same to a garment; flower Vstem impaling means outstanding on said base a wall onsaid base lying alongside said impal-ing means; aplatepivoted to said base in soissors fashion and having a flange outstanding thereon;;and cross-impaling means on said llange disposed to intersect aflower stern impaled upon said first4 mentioned impaling4 means;v said wall and said ange forming, in the closedpositioma channelv in which lies the stem of an impaled` flower..

3. A flower holder, comprising ower stem inipaling means and a` base, for supportingthe same; cross-impaling meansA disposed i'n' right'A angular relation to said rst mentioned irnpalingY` means. during'such times as a ower i's being'held; means' movable with respect t'o said base for supporting' said cross-impaling means;` and a wall on said.I

base toward which said cross-impaling means moves in approaching the closed position.

ALBIN .lOl-IN SPOKUS. 

